| Aqua Follies | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1637 |
| Catalog #: | 355000 | |
| Clip Number: | 355000-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 030-063-10 | |
| Timecode: | 00:19:23 - 00:20:27 | |
| Location: | Seattle, Washington | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT: Comedy, Physical Comedy (Slapstick) ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Unusual ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Water LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington, Seattle SPORTS/WATER: Diving SPORTS/WATER: Entertainment SPORTS/WATER: Synchronised Swimming / Water Ballet | |
| Description: | Al Sheehan’s Aqua Follies thrill Seattle with a grand show ranging from water ballet to the fine form of Olympic diving champ Patty McCormack, to the incredible antics of the zaniest diving clowns ever to fall off a board. A swimming group of water ballet swimmers kicking their legs formed in a circle, two male swimming clowns pop up in the middle of their routine. CUS - Olympic diving champion, Patty McCormack. MS - Patty does a 1 1/2 twist off the high dive. MCUS - One of the swimming clown dressed in a prison type of uniform jumps off the high dive, makes a turn in mid air and dives head first into the water. MCUS - Charlie Deal all 230 pounds of him, wearing a suit that looks like long underwear jumps adding a pose into the water. MCUS - This stunt diver dives in head first, flips back in the air and makes a great landing feet first into the pool. MS - This stunt diver wearing a one short leg and one leg longer past the knee, striped bathing suit, springs off the high dive, performs a spin or turn and a 1/2 mid air and finishes off by an OK dive into the pool. MS - There are two stunt divers, one springs off the high dive as he comes down with his legs apart, the other stunt swimmer goes beneath him and ends up riding on his back doing a stunt dive. MS - Patty McCornack diving doing follow the leader. She does a great dive and they clown around. | |
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